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The closed circle of suspects is a common element of detective fiction and the subgenre that employs it can be referred to as the closed circle mystery. Less precisely this subgenre – works with the closed circle literary device – is simply known as the classic traditional or cozy detective fiction.It refers to a situation in which for a given crime (usually a murder) there is a quickly established limited number of suspects each with credible means motive and opportunity.